The ambassador of Canada to Japan is Ian G. McKay who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on April 14, 2021.
[2] Canada's third legation abroad was established in Japan on January 18, 1929, in Tokyo with Herbert Marler as the first minister plenipotentiary to the country.
[2] The mission was downgraded in 1938 due to the worsening international situation with the Chargé d'affaires becoming the lead official.
Diplomatic relations were severed and the embassy formally closed on December 7, 1941, after the Japanese attack on World War II.
[2] After the peace treaty with Japan, diplomatic relations resumed, and the mission upgraded to an embassy on March 18, 1950, with the first ambassador Robert Wellington Mayhew appointed on September 25, 1952.